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it's been 461 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. it is time to ask what are we going to do to get it back. and now, our fourth story. president obama won re-election last night despite only getting 39% of the white vote. 20 percentage points behind romney. other crucial voting blocks carried the president to victory and that's raising major red flags for the are republican party today. john king is breaking down the numbers. democrats made major gains. i want to break each down. start with latinos. i know there was it was double digit in terms of latino vote. >> giant. this is a generational problem for the republican party. 72% of the electorate. it's red because romney won it. but 13% african-americans. the president kept that in tact. for the first time nationally, latinos hit double digits and 71% of the latino vote nationally goes to president obama. that's nationally. now, let's swing this over and look at it by states. in nevada, the white vote was down because it was 19%. nevada used to be a swing state. 71% again in the sta
it's been 461 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. it is time to ask what are we going to do to get it back. and now, our fourth story. president obama won re-election last night despite only getting 39% of the white vote. 20 percentage points behind romney. other crucial voting blocks carried the president to victory and that's raising major red flags for the are republican party today. john king is breaking down the numbers. democrats made major gains. i want to break each down....
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the u.s. death toll has risen to 88. 44 in new york state alone and the number continues to grow as many people are still missing. i spent the day on staten island where more have died in new york than anywhere else. some of the worst devastation is here and people told us they're not getting enough help as we visited some of the hardest hit areas with congressman michael brim, searchers discovered the body of two young boys. ageing 2 and 4, in the march. they were swept from their mother's arms. some were hoping for a miracle. there was no one today. >> we've confirmed four bodies. the two children they were looking for, they found the bodies. also in a different location, found an elderly couple. >> at least 19 have been killed on staten island. what we saw was very upsetting today and we are quoing to bring it to you this hour, but first, brian todd. he is on staten island. what are you seeing right now? >> well, we're in the new beach neighborhood of staten island. kind of on the southern
the u.s. death toll has risen to 88. 44 in new york state alone and the number continues to grow as many people are still missing. i spent the day on staten island where more have died in new york than anywhere else. some of the worst devastation is here and people told us they're not getting enough help as we visited some of the hardest hit areas with congressman michael brim, searchers discovered the body of two young boys. ageing 2 and 4, in the march. they were swept from their mother's...
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you with the lowest part d premium in the u.s. call now for a free information kit. you'll receive a summary of plan benefits and an enrolt form. aarp medicarerx plans insure through unitedhealthcare. begin. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. la smooth, but crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink that's a food woooooh! male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. could've had a v8. jr >>> back to "hardball," the final weeks of are upon us. it's hard toonspiracy theories about the president the let's look back at some of the worst, his 2010 trip to india, u.s. bachmann and others on the right rumors about what the >> i think we know that just within a day or so the president taking a trip over is expected to taxpayers a day. trip at that level before of this level of excess. and i think it's not to the american peopl american people are quite frankly struggling right now with high jobanyway for xpar son, $200 mi surpassed the daily costr in afghanistan that h= was started by an unnamed
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president obama meets with mexico's president elect but mention inco's leader has a message for the u.s., ties between the nations must go beyond the drug war. immigration reform with jose diaz-balart just ahead. [ female announcer ] a classic meatloaf recipe from stouffer's starts with ground beef, unions, and peppers baked in a ketchup glaze with savory gravy and mashed russet potatoes. what makes stouffer's meatloaf best of all? that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. let's fix dinner. open enrollment is here. the time to choose your medicare coverage begins october 15th and ends december 7th. so call to enroll in a plan that could give you the benefits and stability you're looking for, an aarp medicarecomplete plan insured through unitedhealthcare. what makes it complete? it can combines medicare parts a and b, which is your hospital and doctor coverage with part d prescription drug coverage, and more, all in one simple plan starting at a zero dollar monthly premium -- no more than what you already pay for medicare part b. an aarp medicarecomplete plan offers you benefits like
president obama meets with mexico's president elect but mention inco's leader has a message for the u.s., ties between the nations must go beyond the drug war. immigration reform with jose diaz-balart just ahead. [ female announcer ] a classic meatloaf recipe from stouffer's starts with ground beef, unions, and peppers baked in a ketchup glaze with savory gravy and mashed russet potatoes. what makes stouffer's meatloaf best of all? that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. let's fix dinner....
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these two thing will coincide to basically push the u.s. economy into a recession unless congress does something about it. >> so remember that game on "the price is right" when the contestant had to avoid the guy going over the cliff, cue up the music, folks. going over the fiscal cliff means the end of the bush tax cuts. that would save $221 billion. but would raise most people's taxes by about 3500 bucks. reduces costs by $65 billion. general spending, including items on education and veterans benefits. a third cost redix, the payroll tax holiday expires. $95 billion saved there. and finally, emergency of employment benefits and health care and tax cuts, benefits saves the largest chunk there. that's $225 billion. if all of these cuts happen, the deficit improves by $607 billion. it would go down almost 40% but come at a hefty price. the economy would go over the fiscal cliff, sending the economy back into a recession. budget office projecting the unemployment rate could jump to 9.1% by the end of the year and that economic growth as well
these two thing will coincide to basically push the u.s. economy into a recession unless congress does something about it. >> so remember that game on "the price is right" when the contestant had to avoid the guy going over the cliff, cue up the music, folks. going over the fiscal cliff means the end of the bush tax cuts. that would save $221 billion. but would raise most people's taxes by about 3500 bucks. reduces costs by $65 billion. general spending, including items on...
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we're told he wants to set the record straight about what happened september 11th at the u.s. consulate compound in libya. ambassador christopher stevens as you know and three other americans were killed in that attack. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr has been talking to her sources to find out what the former cia director will say tomorrow. she joins me now. barbara, you have new information on what members can expect to hear tomorrow from petraeus as he talks to members about the attacks. what do you know? >> reporter: well, good evening, anderson. that's right, i've spoken to a source who is directly familiar with petraeus' thinking, what he's planning to try and say on capitol hill tomorrow. he wants to testify, he wants to clear up any, what he believes are misrepresentations of what he has said in the past and what he thinks really happened in benghazi. first up, this source says that petraeus will acknowledge that he knew quite quickly immediately afterwards that it was sharia, that libya al qaeda sympathizer group, that was responsible for it. but they had som
we're told he wants to set the record straight about what happened september 11th at the u.s. consulate compound in libya. ambassador christopher stevens as you know and three other americans were killed in that attack. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr has been talking to her sources to find out what the former cia director will say tomorrow. she joins me now. barbara, you have new information on what members can expect to hear tomorrow from petraeus as he talks to members about the...
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you simply can't withdraw $500 billion worth of spending from the u.s. economy by raising taxes and cutting government spending at the same time. that's more than 2% of gdp, and the economy is only growing at 2%. it's an absurd thing to try to do. more than that, though, i want you to recognize that the kind of deal that they seem to be cooking up in the clouds, namely cutting taxes -- raising taxes by 150 billion and boehner getting his way, cutting spending by $150 billion, that's $300 billion, that's a lot of negative stimulus also. it might not be 500 but 300 is a locality. >> i think steve said something about a gradual slope ned of a cliff. the cataclysmic that he was talking about. initially those kinds of tax increases don't kick in until much later. they're now talking about pushing back spend cuts as well. look, peter is right. we're looking at fiscal contraction next year, and it gets back to the first set of comments. that's not what you want to see about an economy growing around 2% with a highly elevated employment rate. let's not forget ab
you simply can't withdraw $500 billion worth of spending from the u.s. economy by raising taxes and cutting government spending at the same time. that's more than 2% of gdp, and the economy is only growing at 2%. it's an absurd thing to try to do. more than that, though, i want you to recognize that the kind of deal that they seem to be cooking up in the clouds, namely cutting taxes -- raising taxes by 150 billion and boehner getting his way, cutting spending by $150 billion, that's $300...
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the u.s. and egyptians, i think most of the international community, they want to make sure that israel doesn't do it. the israelis don't want to do it either, i'm told, but the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, he keeps saying that in order to keep the rockets and missiles from coming in, they might have to do it. >> the death toll now in gaza, palestinian officials say, is 137. people killed so far in the seven, now eight days going into this conflict. the official death toll for israel is five. one idf soldier was killed today and that's the first soldier killed by a rocket fired from gaza. i'm joined by arwa damon, ben wedeman here in gaza city. arwa, you have really been looking at what life is like for civilians here, and the blasts that we saw earlier really bring home the difficulty so many civilians face because people don't necessarily know where a hamas rocket battery may be or where hamas officials may be living or who's inside what building. even news groups which are operating
the u.s. and egyptians, i think most of the international community, they want to make sure that israel doesn't do it. the israelis don't want to do it either, i'm told, but the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, he keeps saying that in order to keep the rockets and missiles from coming in, they might have to do it. >> the death toll now in gaza, palestinian officials say, is 137. people killed so far in the seven, now eight days going into this conflict. the official death toll for...
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massachusetts suddenly has an open u.s. senate seat as well as a certain republican senator from that state who is basically just sitting around doing nothing since he just lost his re-election effort. i know this sounds crazy. i'm fully aware of that fact. that's kind of part of the point. honestly, it is getting harder and harder to find a rational explanation forle all of this republican hand ringing. it has been been going on. there are legitimate questions to ask about what happened during that attack on our consulate in libya. those questions deserve answers. they are being investigated. there also may be legitimate questions to ask about susan rice as a potential secretary of state. that's not what's going on. there is this add dimension to what's going on right now that is really strange. >> i just believe that she has actually disqualified herself to be secretary of state. if the president wants an easy confirmation hearing and an easy confirmation process, what he would do is nominate john kerry, who is imminently
massachusetts suddenly has an open u.s. senate seat as well as a certain republican senator from that state who is basically just sitting around doing nothing since he just lost his re-election effort. i know this sounds crazy. i'm fully aware of that fact. that's kind of part of the point. honestly, it is getting harder and harder to find a rational explanation forle all of this republican hand ringing. it has been been going on. there are legitimate questions to ask about what happened during...
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the u.s. economy. i think consumers are where it's at. we just got to get over this fiscal cliff thing. >> jonathan capehart. >> i learned president morsi of egypt is fanatical about "planet of the apes." >> that is really all you need to know. jonathan, thank you so much. rana, steve, michael and everybody, thank you for watching today. if it's "way too early," it's "morning joe." chuck todd is next with "the daily rundown." >>> together again. mitt romney makes his way to the white house. it's not exactly the way he wanted to get there. but can something constructive come out of a private lunch between president obama and the man he defeated just three weeks ago? that's right. that was just three weeks ago. >>> also this morning, a deep dive into america's longest war. look into lessons learned and the sacrifices made by troops at one combat outpost. tell us about what's been accomplished and what's not in more than a decade of fighting. as the country wakes up obsessed with numbers and winn
the u.s. economy. i think consumers are where it's at. we just got to get over this fiscal cliff thing. >> jonathan capehart. >> i learned president morsi of egypt is fanatical about "planet of the apes." >> that is really all you need to know. jonathan, thank you so much. rana, steve, michael and everybody, thank you for watching today. if it's "way too early," it's "morning joe." chuck todd is next with "the daily rundown."...
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military and civilian security, u.s. security because we wanted to "normalize relationships with libyan government that didn't exist in benghazi." this has been a travesty of errors and income pa tensecy and a lack of leadership by the president. al-qaeda is aleve and well throughout the mid east. they are counting attacking and our attack on the consulate in libya is exhibit a of a failed foreign policy of leading from behind. you could see this coming for months. the people on august 145 had a meeting and said we could not withstand a coordinated attack. >> there is that and all of this sort of alarms or red lights whether it is the attack in june or whatever in terms of yurt. then stage two as to what has happened since then. it was that no one bothered to see this too niece yan guy. there is even more than that. is that the fbi did visit benghazi after the attack sometime and left. but then fast forward to last week, october 26, be foreign policy journalists go in there after people have been walking all over the pla
military and civilian security, u.s. security because we wanted to "normalize relationships with libyan government that didn't exist in benghazi." this has been a travesty of errors and income pa tensecy and a lack of leadership by the president. al-qaeda is aleve and well throughout the mid east. they are counting attacking and our attack on the consulate in libya is exhibit a of a failed foreign policy of leading from behind. you could see this coming for months. the people on...
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that's the reality of the u.s. senate. so it seems to me and i think a lot of other people that the president and senator mccain need to get together, you know, not have a beer summit, maybe drink something harder, and, you know, try to work this out and establish some kind of relationship on behalf of the american public. >> mccain has not shown any interest to work anything out with the president, and i think we can hold our breath on this one. thank you, jonathan alter. great to have you us with tonight. >> thanks, ed. >>> next up, mitt romney talks to big money donors and doubles down on his talk of the nation's 47%. >>> and then the rps never dreamed that they would end up seeing this. the new class of women has arrived on capitol hill. we'll talk to one of the new senators who fourgt one of the toughest races in the nation and won on the prairie. >>> welcome backed to ed show. thanks for staying with us tonight. president obama wasn't the only one speaking out today. the mr. mitt romney held a conference call with hi
that's the reality of the u.s. senate. so it seems to me and i think a lot of other people that the president and senator mccain need to get together, you know, not have a beer summit, maybe drink something harder, and, you know, try to work this out and establish some kind of relationship on behalf of the american public. >> mccain has not shown any interest to work anything out with the president, and i think we can hold our breath on this one. thank you, jonathan alter. great to have...
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the seventh u.s. circuit court of appeals rewrote the old law out of existence. the opinion written by a judge who was appointed be i president george w. bush says the illinois eves dropping statute restricts far more speech than necessary to protect legitimate privacy interests. it violates free speech and free press guarantees. the people of illinois had tired of this obviously unconstitutional law before the supreme court disposed of it this week. in august of last year, a woman was prosecuted for recording internal investigators who she believed were trying to persuade her not to file a sexual harassment complaint against a police officer. the woman went to trial and was found not guilty by a jury of her peers. the good police officers in this country, which is to say most, have no problem with the supreme court's decision. you can videotape them all day and you won't find them doing anything wrong. >> thank you. >> but tonight, thanks to federal judges appointed wii both democratic and republican presidents, some chicago cops, the bad cops, have something ne
the seventh u.s. circuit court of appeals rewrote the old law out of existence. the opinion written by a judge who was appointed be i president george w. bush says the illinois eves dropping statute restricts far more speech than necessary to protect legitimate privacy interests. it violates free speech and free press guarantees. the people of illinois had tired of this obviously unconstitutional law before the supreme court disposed of it this week. in august of last year, a woman was...
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u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton in jerusalem tonight. she arrived late and went straight to a meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> america's commitment to israel's security is rock-solid, and unwavering. that is why we believe it is essential to deescalate the situation in gaza. >> deescalate the situation in gaza. what does deescalate mean? there was a spade of rockets just a moment ago, but yet that's the key word being used by the administration. during a brief press conference with prime minister netanyahu, there was no mention of a cease-fire. netanyahu said israel is prepared to take whatever action is necessary to defend itself. and egypt, which is brokering a deal between the two sides, cancelled a press conference where officials were expected to announce a deal with terms for a cease-fire. tomorrow, secretary clinton meets with the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas and then will fly to egypt to speak with president mohamed morsi. that is going to be a very interesting conversation, because, of course, as so man
u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton in jerusalem tonight. she arrived late and went straight to a meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> america's commitment to israel's security is rock-solid, and unwavering. that is why we believe it is essential to deescalate the situation in gaza. >> deescalate the situation in gaza. what does deescalate mean? there was a spade of rockets just a moment ago, but yet that's the key word being used by the administration. during a...
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wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. ro price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. >> in the factor follow up segment tonight, unanswered questions continued to surround the benghazi terror attack. four americans, including ambassador christopher stevens were killed in that september 11th blood bath. next week the house intelligence committee will hold a closed door hearing on the matter. they are expected to grill james clapper, the director of national intelligence and cia chief david petraeus over the confusing explanation of the attack and why security warnings were ignored. in the meantime, 53 congressman cosigned a letter to the president demanding answers. among them? pennsylvania republic mike kelly from the third co
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that's four more democratic women in the u.s. senate. among the republicans in the senate, their number of women actually dropped. they went from 5 to 4. in the house, it's the same pattern. as best as we can tell thus far, there are still some things to be decided yet, but the democratic caucus in the house added eight women. there used to be 52 democratic women in the house. in january, there will be 60. on the republican side, though, they went down again. they went from having only 24 women in the house on the republican side to having only 20 women in the house starting in january. so even with there being more republicans in the house than democrats overall, even though democrats are the smaller party overall in the house, democrats now have triple the number of women that the republicans have in that house. nancy pelosi, the leader of the democrats in the house and the first woman to ever be speaker of that body, today she announced that although with every single woman member of her caucus, all 60 of them, that she would put her
that's four more democratic women in the u.s. senate. among the republicans in the senate, their number of women actually dropped. they went from 5 to 4. in the house, it's the same pattern. as best as we can tell thus far, there are still some things to be decided yet, but the democratic caucus in the house added eight women. there used to be 52 democratic women in the house. in january, there will be 60. on the republican side, though, they went down again. they went from having only 24 women...
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the u.s. military, we were doing it to ourselves because that's wawe thought the saudis wanted to do, so we would be cultural sensitive. it is totally inappropriate. i file aid lawsuit against donald rumsfeld and eventually, it reprevailed. >> greta: i don't want men to think that it's so much better here that they don't have room for improvech. >> we have a lot of issues. >> greta: but it's profoundly better. >> one is to get more women in congress. so people can still help me. >> greta: thank you. >> thank you. >> greta: was your tax money used to promote obamacare for p.r.? that's what the house republicans want to know. they have issued a subpoena to find out. our panel's here next. in two minutes, nancy pelosi takes on reporter luke russert. what did russert ask that gotler and other female house in thees all fired up? you can hear it and see it yourself. that's in two minutes. [ forsythe ] we don't just come up here for the view up in alaska. it's the cleanest, clearest water. we fd the
the u.s. military, we were doing it to ourselves because that's wawe thought the saudis wanted to do, so we would be cultural sensitive. it is totally inappropriate. i file aid lawsuit against donald rumsfeld and eventually, it reprevailed. >> greta: i don't want men to think that it's so much better here that they don't have room for improvech. >> we have a lot of issues. >> greta: but it's profoundly better. >> one is to get more women in congress. so people can still...
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this is the u.s. state department's annual report on global terrorism in 2003. every year they would put together a report like this detailing accidents of terrorism around the world. and the next report after this one, showed that despite the bush administration's claims that we were winning the war on terror, despite the constant claims, the number of terrorist attacks had gone up to its highest level in the two decades the state department had been publishing this report. what was the bush administration's solution to that problem? the solution was to stop publishing the report. the bush administration just eliminated that annual report once it included something very politically inconvenient. the bush administration had a habit of doing this. if you don't like the data, get rid of the data. earlier they were faced with a new report from their own education department showing that charter school kids were falling behind public school kids. how do you deal with your own administration's data on underperforming charter schools? you cut back on the data that you
this is the u.s. state department's annual report on global terrorism in 2003. every year they would put together a report like this detailing accidents of terrorism around the world. and the next report after this one, showed that despite the bush administration's claims that we were winning the war on terror, despite the constant claims, the number of terrorist attacks had gone up to its highest level in the two decades the state department had been publishing this report. what was the bush...
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and in wisconsin, mmy baldwin becomes america's first openly gay u.s. senator, defeating tommy thompson. and the key word there, "openly." and in iwlx independent angus king easily won seat. one. >> the most important adverb of the notable pickup for ans was in nebraska where deb fischer flipped ben nelson's seat defeating bob mike really quickly before we go to break. that race was we had heard, near the up. all of these races, barack obama's coattails at those numbers, you look at massachusetts, it wasn't even close tt romney had no coattails. in fact, he had a really detrimental impact on a lot of these candidates >> mitt romney lost in every state he's ever livered edlived. >> that's a bad sign. >> do you think his dog's going today? >> you k who's in charge of the researchpublican senate candidates? >> we thank god. i mean seriou6p overtime keeping- seriously, as majority leader of sharron angle in nevada christine "i am not a o'do a lot of soul searching here friends. >> it's not soul searching. it's more than that. >> everyone sitting at the bacc
and in wisconsin, mmy baldwin becomes america's first openly gay u.s. senator, defeating tommy thompson. and the key word there, "openly." and in iwlx independent angus king easily won seat. one. >> the most important adverb of the notable pickup for ans was in nebraska where deb fischer flipped ben nelson's seat defeating bob mike really quickly before we go to break. that race was we had heard, near the up. all of these races, barack obama's coattails at those numbers, you...
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that's the first time ever athat a u.s. citizen not in the military is allowed to do so. ron allen is at the county board of elections office in jersey city with the very latest. what's the climate there, ron? >> reporter: tamron, we've met a number of people displaced, without power, orde dealing wit other kinds of difficulties because of the storm but yet, come here to vote. there's a long line of people here all day. the bottom line is the state of new jersey is trying to make it as easy as possible for people to vote. that's why you can vote by e-mail or fax. it's a very confused situation, though, because at this point at this late hour they're taking an inventory of polling places to see which ones can operate. power is an essential part of the whole situation. in some places they con stall date polling stations together and they make makeshift centers and parking lots with tents bringing in emergency generators to make it possible for people to vote. the bottom line is they're telling people to check the websites, but if you have any doubt go to your polling place,
that's the first time ever athat a u.s. citizen not in the military is allowed to do so. ron allen is at the county board of elections office in jersey city with the very latest. what's the climate there, ron? >> reporter: tamron, we've met a number of people displaced, without power, orde dealing wit other kinds of difficulties because of the storm but yet, come here to vote. there's a long line of people here all day. the bottom line is the state of new jersey is trying to make it as...
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the u.s. had not been informed about the attack ahead of time. because ike had made clear to our allies, to england specifically, that he didn't want another big multi-country conflict in the world. he'd worked with the u.n. to keep that attack from happening. he had made his intentions clear and then england and france just went behind his back and did it anyway and they did it a week before he was facing re-election. >> president dwight d. eisenhower is re-elected to the highest office in the land as world peace faces the greatest crisis since the second world war. the electoral victory comes after a tumultuous campaign in which the major, domestic and foreign policies of this administration were put sharply an issue. >> especially that last week. dwight eisenhower ultimately pressured our allies to end that war. they did end it. he won re-election decisively that year in a victory that was partly attributed to his handling of that unexpected sudden foreign policy disaster that landed in the middle of the campaign a week and a day before electi
the u.s. had not been informed about the attack ahead of time. because ike had made clear to our allies, to england specifically, that he didn't want another big multi-country conflict in the world. he'd worked with the u.n. to keep that attack from happening. he had made his intentions clear and then england and france just went behind his back and did it anyway and they did it a week before he was facing re-election. >> president dwight d. eisenhower is re-elected to the highest office...
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today, on a day that could not have been a bigger news day anyway, today the u.s. supreme court announced that they're going to hear a challenge to the voting rights act. to the central part of it. the lead plaintiff in the case is shelby county, alabama. just outside birmingham. where they would like that special scrutiny to please go away. they'd like to handle it themselves. joining me is the acting president and direct council of the naacp legal defense fund. thanks very much for joining us tonight. >> it's good to be with you. >> you defended the voting rights act the last time it was challenged in 2009. how serious a threat does this case pose to the voting rights act? >> i think it's a serious threat. any time a core civil right statute is before the supreme court testing its constitution ality we need to wake up and focus on it. we're not happy that the case is back there. we don't think it needed to be there. but we're prepared to defend it as we have successfully in the past. >> is the -- am i right to describe the voting rights act particularly the parts
today, on a day that could not have been a bigger news day anyway, today the u.s. supreme court announced that they're going to hear a challenge to the voting rights act. to the central part of it. the lead plaintiff in the case is shelby county, alabama. just outside birmingham. where they would like that special scrutiny to please go away. they'd like to handle it themselves. joining me is the acting president and direct council of the naacp legal defense fund. thanks very much for joining us...